WOMEN DO CRY / fiction film

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WOMEN DO CRY

by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova


                          2021 / drama / Bulgaria, France / Color / 107 min

                                            Festival de Cannes 2021

                                  Official selection / Un certain Regard  



An injured stork, a woman in the midst of postnatal depression, a young girl confronted with the stigma of HIV, a mother who seeks a little magic in the lunar calendar ... Sisters, mothers and daughters confront their fragilities and the absurdity of life as violent protests and debates about gender tear their country, Bulgaria, apart.


Cast: Maria Bakalova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, Katia Kazakova, Bilyana Kazakova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadjiev,Rositca Gevrenova, Diana Spasova, Dobriela Popova, Yavor Kostov, Martin Noev, Kiril Miloushev, Dragomir Kostadinov, Siana Georgieva, Bilyana Seferova, Jerome Godfrey


Editing: Donka Ivanova, Yann Dedet;

DoP: Dimitar Kostov;

Casting: Vania Bajdarova;

Music: Andy Cowton;

Sound recording: Florent Blanchard,

Sound editing: Jean-Pierre Halbwachs;

Sound mixing: Stéphane de Rocquigny;

VFX: Mohammed Zemmar;

Visual materials: Maria Ilchovska;

Colour grading: Lionel Kopp

Scriptwriters: Bilyana Kazakova, Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova

Directors: Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova

Co-producer: Оlivier Père (ARTE)

Producers: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova (Activist38) and Christophe Bruncher

(Ici et Là Productions)

World sales: MK2


Supported by: Bulgarian National Film Centre, ARTE France Cinema, EURIMAGES, Region Ile de France in partnership with CNC

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NOMINATIONS and AWARDS:


Nomination Cannes’21 Un Certain Regard

Nomination Sarajevo FF’21 Heart of Sarajevo

EFA Feature Film Selection 2022

Youth Jury Award for Best Film at Cork IFF’21  

Best Director Award  Danube FF’21

Audentia’22 Eurimages Award for Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova  

Best main performance award for Maria Bakalova at ZINEGOAK‘22, Spain

Best main performance award for Maria Bakalova and Ralitsa Stoyanova

at UBFM‘22,

Best main performance for Ralitsa Stoyanova at Golden Linden'22

Best Outstanding Actor for Iosiff Surchadjiev at UBFM'22

Best Director Award at Rome Balkan Film Festival '22

FESTIVALS:


Cannes‘21 Un Certain Regard

Karlovy Vary’21 Horizons

Sarajevo FF‘21 Competition

Warsaw FF‘21 Closing Film

Cork IFF‘21 Spirit of the Festival

Sao Paulo IFF’21 International Perspective

Mannheim IFF’21 Competition

AFI European Union Film Showcase‘21

Trieste FF‘21 International Feature Film Competition

Genève Black Movie FF’21 Compétition

Vilnius IFF’21 Panorama

D’Angers’22 Competition

SXSW’22 Global

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